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Dec. 13, 2014

Mexico is facing ever-widening breach between political class and demands for change from a public that is exasperated by rampant corruption and feeling increasingly less confident about Pres Enrique Pena Nieto. MORE

Nov. 28, 2014

Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto, facing protests, proposes broad plan to revamp policing after local officials and police are implicated in disappearance and presumed murder of 43 college students; more than 1,800 municipal police forces would effectively be disbanded and come under control of state governments; federal government would have power to dissolve corrupt municipal governments. MORE

Nov. 20, 2014

Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto announces he will disclose details of his assets, following agreement from his wife Angelica Rivera to give up opulent home in Mexico City; Pena Nieto's decision comes amid mounting criticism against his government's unwillingness to rein in corruption and appears to be attempt to quiet scandal that erupted after house's existence was revealed to public. MORE

Nov. 16, 2014

Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto faces question of how to address case of 43 missing college students who are now presumed killed, and their bodies burned to ashes; case has galvanized public anger against corrupt politicians and police officers, with thousands of demonstrators pouring into streets of Mexico City and blocking major highways. MORE

Nov. 12, 2014

Teachers and students set fire to the headquaters of Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto's party in Guerrero State; action comes amid protest of the abduction and apparent murder of 43 college students in September. MORE

Nov. 12, 2014

Editorial asserts that disappearance and presumed murder of 43 students in Mexico, as well as protests about their disappearance, are latest example of breakdown of law and order in the country; argues that whatever limited progress Pres Enrique Pena Nieto has been made still has not repaired criminal justice system unable to properly investigate crimes, end corruption or stop killings. MORE

Oct. 10, 2014

Op-Ed article by GlobalPost correspondent Ioan Grillo contends mass grave containing charred corpses of 28 student protesters in Iguala, Mexico, shows how drug cartels have taken over chunks of government apparatus; maintains case highlights deep problems in Mexican institutions needed to uphold laws, and is embarrassment for Pres Enrique Pena Nieto, who has been working to change country's violent image. MORE

Oct. 2, 2014

Authorities in Mexico say Hector Beltran-Leyva, leader of one of Mexico's largest drug cartels, has been captured, giving Pres Enrique Pena Nieto another high-profile victory against organized crime. MORE

Sep. 3, 2014

Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto is announcing construction of new international airport for Mexico City; new facility will have six runways and support 120 million passengers a year at a cost of $9.2 billion. MORE

Aug. 23, 2014

Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto swears in new gendarmerie for Mexico, offshoot of federal police aimed at quelling outbreaks of violent crime; criminologists have panned idea, saying that it continues tradition of reinventing forces without attacking fundamental and chronic problem of weak local and state police institutions. MORE

Jul. 23, 2014

Memo From Guadalajara; Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto's public approval rating has fallen to 37 percent, from 54 percent; many voters in Guadalajara, where Pena Nieto launched his presidential candidacy, wonder whether they were deceived by his promises. MORE

Jun. 23, 2014

Op-Ed article by author Francisco Goldman criticizes administration of Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto for holding important negotiations over national oil company Pemex during World Cup soccer fervor, when much of population is distracted; holds that timing may be designed to mask power grab, and that such an action would have past precedent in country's telecommunications reforms. MORE

Feb. 20, 2014

Pres Obama meets in Mexico with Pres Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Min Stephen Harper for economic and trade summit; three men promise enduring cooperation, but the show of friendship does not mask stress points that have divided the leaders. MORE

Jan. 14, 2014

Officials in Michoacan, Mexico, vow to restore authority to the region, even as armed men calling themselves self-defense forces have promised to seize the region's main city Apatzingan, which is the stronghold of a powerful drug gang; turmoil in the region is one of the biggest security challenges for Pres Enrique Pena Nieto. MORE

Sep. 9, 2013

Sep. 7, 2013

Pres Obama, speaking at news conference at Group of 20 summit meeting, says that he is seeking to ease tensions with leaders of Brazil and Mexico over reports that the National Security Agency had spied not only on their nations, but on them and their inner circles as well. MORE

Aug. 19, 2013

Mexico City Memo; Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto has overseen the capture of two top drug bosses over past month, suggesting he is no longer quite so opposed to the American-led strategy of taking down cartel kingpins. MORE

Aug. 18, 2013

Editorial praises Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto's proposed constitutional reforms, which will allow foreigners to invest in Mexico's nationalized oil industry for the first time in 75 years; contends the proposal could help revive the country's energy sector and give its economy a much-needed lift. MORE

May. 3, 2013

Pres Obama and Pres Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico avoid topics of immigration overhaul in United States and Mexican efforts to confront drug violence during hourlong news conference after private meeting; choose instead to focus on economic relationship between nations. MORE

May. 2, 2013

Pres Obama plans to discuss delicate topic of immigration, among other issues, in meeting with Pres Enrique Pena Nieto during state trip to Mexico. MORE

May. 1, 2013

United States and Mexico's once-close relationship in their joint battle against drug traffickers has experienced friction after Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto took office; recent policy changes by Pena Nieto's government, which has been triggered by political sensitivities over involvement by United States in Mexico, has rattled American officials used to far fewer restrictions. MORE

Apr. 26, 2013

Members of teachers' union in Guerrero State, Mexico, attack local offices of four major political parties and stage other demonstrations in response to Pres Enrique Pena Nieto's plan to overhaul education system; teachers' actions demonstrate difficulty of carrying out proposed reforms, particularly in volatile states with poor academic performance. MORE

Apr. 1, 2013

Editorial commends proposals made by Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto that could make monopolistic industries in country more competitive; holds while they could also improve government's finances, success is far from guaranteed. MORE

Feb. 19, 2013

Memo From Mexico City; unabated violence in Mexico City, including gang rapes and killing of nine police officers, has left the nation’s new President Enrique Pena Nieto grappling with how to move forward with his prevention initiative. MORE

Feb. 5, 2013

Obama administration officials met with senior aides to Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto before Pena's inauguration to express alarm at indications that Gen Moises Garcia Ochoa, suspected by United States to have links to drug traffickers, might become Mexico's next minister of defense; back-channel communication provides rare glimpse into US government's deep involvement in Mexican security affairs and highlights tensions and mistrust between the two governments. MORE

Dec. 18, 2012

Mexico's Pres Enrique Pena Nieto promises to modify strategy of unleashing military on narcotics organizations. MORE

Dec. 2, 2012

Enrique Pena Nieto begins his six-year term as president of Mexico, promising big spending and sweeping changes to bring peace and prosperity to country troubled by drug violence and uneven economic growth. MORE

Nov. 28, 2012

Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico's president-elect, highlights fact that high-skilled jobs are multiplying in his increasingly prosperous country, during meeting with Pres Barack Obama; Nieto hopes to shift relations with United States toward improving economy and loosening up trade. MORE

Jul. 20, 2012

Mexico’s conservative National Action Party says it has strong and conclusive evidence of the use of illicit funds in the campaign of the winner of the presidential election, Enrique Pena Nieto; the party is joining with the country's leftist parties to demand that electoral authorities investigate accusations of excessive campaign spending by Pena Nieto. MORE

Jul. 13, 2012

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the runner-up in Mexico's presidential election, says that as part of a formal complaint he will hand over to electoral officials evidence of widespread vote buying and excessive campaign spending by Enrique Pena Nieto, who won by six percentage points; he also calls for the election results to be invalidated. MORE

Jul. 7, 2012

Election officials in Mexico confirm that Enrique Pena Nieto, candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, won the nation's presidential election; according to the final count, Pena Nieto received 38 percent of the vote, compared to 32 percent for leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador; conservative Josefina Vazquez Mota finished third with 25 percent. MORE

Jul. 6, 2012

Mexico's electoral authority says an official count of votes in the presidential election confirms the victory of Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. MORE

Jul. 4, 2012

Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico's president-elect, may be hobbled by a slim victory, a lack of majority in Congress and a revitalized grass-roots opposition; some analysts doubt that Nieto will be able to fulfill his campaign promises of quelling drug violence and restoring economic stability. MORE

Jul. 3, 2012

Mexico's president-elect, Enrique Pena Nieto, faces a critical test of whether he represents the old ways of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, marked by cronyism, or a new, more humbled version of it, as he reassured voters during the campaign; during news conference in Mexico City, Pena Nieto vows to continue the country's fight against crime and offers some insight into how he became involved with politics. MORE

Jul. 3, 2012

Editorial questions whether Mexico's Pres-elect Enrique Pena Nieto can separate himself from the Institutional Revolutionary Party's corrupt old guard and take on the near-monopolies that backed his party's return to power after 12 years; asserts that Pena Nieto has a chance to restore his party's reputation and do a lot of goof for Mexico if he can deliver on his promises to make reforms, increase accountability and end the bloodshed. MORE

Jul. 2, 2012

Mexican voters, according to preliminary returns and exit polls, appear to return power to the centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party, known as the PRI, giving its presidential candidate, Enrique Pena Nieto, a comfortable victory; party ruled for decades with an autocratic grip and after 12 years in opposition the victory is a stunning reversal of fortune; Mexican voters seem hesitant to give the party total control, as the PRI-led coalition in congress will not have a majority. MORE

Jun. 30, 2012

Enrique Pena Nieto, the nominee of the Institutional Revolutionary Party for the Mexican presidency, is leading in opinion polls, a surprising development given that the country firmly rejected the party in 2000 when it elected Vicente Fox; analysts say Mexicans, frustrated with violence and the economy, are grasping for change, even if it means choosing a party with a questionable past. MORE

Jun. 24, 2012

Op-Ed article by Jo Tuckman, a foreign correspondent who has written a book about Mexico's political history, analyzes the Mexican presidential election and what it augurs for the country's democratic system; examines the rise of Enrique Pena Nieto, the Institutional Revolutionary Party's candidate, who is the frontrunner despite the party's corrupt and authoritarian past. MORE

Jun. 12, 2012

Enrique Pena Nieto remains the odds-on favorite to win Mexico's presidential election in July, despite the fact that his opponents have bombarded voters with negative publicity that would likely lead to an electoral defeat for any other candidate; separately, state assembly candidate Margarito Genchi is shot to death in the state of Guerrero. MORE

Jun. 11, 2012

Top contenders for Mexico’s presidency have promised a major shift in the country’s drug war strategy, placing a higher priority on reducing violence than on blocking the flow of drugs to the United States; front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto suggests that while Mexico should continue to work with the United States government against organized crime, it should not 'subordinate to the strategies of other countries.' MORE

Mar. 6, 2012

Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party holds a commanding lead over his nearest rival four months ahead of Mexico's presidential elections. MORE

Dec. 6, 2011

Mexico's Enrique Pena Nieto, leading candidate in 2012 presidential election, draws ridicule from critics when, at a book fair, he is unable to completely name three books that influenced him. MORE